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dispensable (adj.)
[dispensable 词源字典]
1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin
dispensabilis
, from
dispensare
(see
dispense
). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related:
Dispensability
.
[dispensable etymology, dispensable origin, 英语词源]